Constituency
239. Thana
Community mirrorMaharashtra · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-THANA
INC 49.0%won by 26.4%CPI 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.8% to 49.0% of the vote here (+27.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 55.1% to 61.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,42,152
Turnout
61.3%
Valid votes
2,71,125
Margin
71,643
26.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SONUBHAU DAGADU BASWANTIndian National Congress · INC1,32,92049.0%
- 2SHAMRAO VISHNU PARULEKARCommunist Party of India · CPI61,27722.6%
- 3VASUDEO NARAYAN BEDEKARPraja Socialist Party · PSP43,35516.0%
- 4GAJANAN MOTIRAM KOLIJS · JS33,57312.4%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +33.8%
- INC share
- 21.8% → 49.0%
- CPI share
- 29.2% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- 116.4% → 61.3%